3rd and 4th Grade Activities : Page 42

Help your child create a magical miniature garden in the most unlikely of places: a recycled plastic bottle!

Help your child learn more about the military by having him create a portrait of a soldier and write a short summary about why that soldier is important.

Weave colorful Easter basket pictures out of construction paper and ribbon that open to reveal an assortment of fun Easter shapes!

In this project children practice the scientific method while playing with puffy paint.

Learn about the microclimate of your backyard by tracking rainfall, temperature, and observed weather with hand drawn charts and graphs.

Zombie cupcakes are baked goods that look as if they've been pulled fresh from a skull. Make zombie cupcakes this Halloween.

Science fair project in which you will learn more about the natural world by preserving and identifying different animal tracks.

What better way to care for the earth than to create a Call to Action plan for the entire family?

This November, it's elephant versus donkey! Does your third grader understand the meaning behind the animals political parties choose to represent them?

These gingerbread cookies can be baked by your third grader. Make a warm batch of gingerbread cookies to bring some extra holiday cheer to your home.

Make a dreidel card this Hanukkah to give to someone special and help your child celebrate the holiday!

Invite your child and a few friends to get crabby in this game of soccer with a twist: Instead of running, players "crab crawl" around the playing field.

Your child will have a blast creating this adorable black cat with a cardboard tube and some pipe cleaners. A perfect craft for Halloween decorating!

Create cake pops in shaped like eyeballs in this extra sweet, gross-out Halloween baking activity!

Kids are acutely aware of what's "fair" and what's not. Here's a quirky way to teach your first grader the importance of voting and democracy.

An home science experiment for older students that teaches about the science behind heat.

Children build a "Loving Kindness Garden" to represent what they have learned about love, mindfulness, and caring for others in community.

Find out whether putting something on top of a plant will inhibit its growth.

April showers may bring May flowers, but your child can preserve the beauty of spring's bounty all year long with this simple craft project!

Make lucky bracelets with lentils and black eyed peas for a New Years art project to remember all year!

Find out which kind of bubble wrap fares best when put in impact.

Most timeline activities are all about history. Make timelines more relevant and personal for your child by focusing on the hours and minutes of his day.

Has your kid noticed how much bigger the moon looks when it's low in the sky? Here's an activity you can do to show them that it's just an optical illusion.

Try this delicious and nutritious recipe for Green Eggs and Ham, inspired by Dr. Seuss's classic story of Sam I Am.

This science fair project idea explores plant growth from a bulb, root, and a stem and investigates asexual plant reproduction.

Ever wonder why refrigerator lights turn off when you close the door? Does the darkness prevent food from spoiling? This experiment, determines just that.

Children take inspiration from Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai to write their own blog listicle on a topic of their choosing.

Use the holiday gift giving season as an excuse to give your fourth grader a valuable lesson in making and keeping a budget!

Perk up your front porch with this hanging vase craft, perfect for spring and for getting kids outdoors!

Science fair project that develops latent fingerprints on a non-porous objects by converting superglue from a solid state to a gaseous state.